The Film

The People’s Republic of Love is an independent feature documentary that dives into the cultural, economic and political implications of love in China. Viewers are taken on a fast-paced journey around the country, meeting characters that vividly demonstrate the surprising, humorous and controversial ways the concept of love is changing.

A single man meets a surprising fate on a popular Chinese dating show... Women enroll in a school to learn how to be perfect wives... A government matchmaking website caters to Chinese spies and secret agents... Men audition to take part in a dating event titled “Rich Women Seeking Marriage"... An ex-military private investigator hunts down cheating husbands... Rich men hire companies to find wives with the right “hardware” and “software”... A wedding deep in the countryside clings to tradition... Lesbians hide their sexuality by marrying gay men...